Steve Pond
Steve Pond
Steve Pond’s inside look at the artistry and insanity of the awards race, drawn from more than three decades of obsessively chronicling the Oscars and the entertainment industry.
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‘Origin’ and ‘American Fiction’ Receive Adapted Screenplay Scripter Award Nominations
Oscar favorites “Oppenheimer,” “Poor Things” and “Killers of the Flower Moon” are also finalists
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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Wins Top Prize at AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
You probably won’t be surprised to learn that AARP gave an award to “The Golden Bachelor,” too
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‘Oppenheimer’ Leads Sound Editors’ Golden Reel Award Nominations
“Barbie,” “Maestro” and “The Last of Us” also receive multiple nominations
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‘The Creator’, ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ Lead Visual Effects Society Nominations
“The Last of Us” is the most nominated television project at the VES Awards
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Emmys Analysis: ‘Succession’, ‘The Bear’, ‘Beef’ Win Some More in Nostalgia-Filled Telecast
The 75th anniversary show paid tribute to “Cheers,” “I Love Lucy,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Ally McBeal”
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’32 Sounds’ Wins Cinema Eye Honors Award as Top Documentary
“20 Days in Mariupol,” “Kokomo City,” “The Eternal Memory,” “Four Daughters” and “Bobi Wine: The People’s President” also win awards
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How Vanessa Kirby Learned to Play the ‘Many Different Versions’ of Empress Josephine in ‘Napoleon’
TheWrap magazine: The Oscar nominee and “The Crown” star says the character was “one of the most deeply surprising and interesting people I’ve ever learned about”
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We Interrupt This Awards Season to Bring You Last Year’s Emmys (Notes & Predictions)
TheWrap offers our predictions for the winners at an upcoming ceremony devoted to shows that aired seven to 19 months ago
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How ‘They Shot the Piano Player’ Made the Journey From ‘Stupid Idea’ to Oscar Contender
TheWrap magazine: “This was very complicated — making it real in three languages, working with documentary material but keeping the strategies of fiction storytelling,” says director Fernando Trueba
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How ‘The Peasants’ Used 40,000 Oil Paintings to Make an Animated Movie
TheWrap magazine: “We are doing this because we want to push the boundaries of film,” says director Hugh Welchman
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Martin Scorsese on Why He Never Fit in Hollywood: ‘I Was Always an Outsider’
TheWrap magazine: “I wanted to belong, but I never belonged,” the “Killers of the Flower Moon” director says of the studio system
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Annie Award Nominations: Disney, Pixar Shut Out of Best Feature Category for First Time as ‘Nimona’ Leads
The Netflix feature picked up nine nominations in total, followed by the likes of “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” and “The Boy and the Heron”
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Martin Scorsese, Greta Gerwig, Christopher Nolan Nominated for Directors Guild Awards
Other nominees are Yorgos Lanthimos and Alexander Payne; first-time director nominees include Cord Jefferson and Celine Song
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One Big Thing Is Missing From Awards Season So Far: Voters Who Make Movies for a Living
“Oppenheimer,” “Poor Things” and “Past Lives” have been winning awards, but we have yet to hear much from industry voters
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Cillian Murphy on the Brain-Drain of Playing Oppenheimer: ‘Being That Brilliant Is a Burden’
TheWrap magazine: “Hyper-intelligent people see the world in different dimensions than we do,” says the Golden Globe-winning actor
